Talk:Animal rescue group

Pages separate
The two pages should stay separate, as rescue groups typically work in conjunction with animal shelters, but they are not the same. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alienlovesong (talk • contribs).

I agree, the two groups are different types of things that do the same thing in very different ways. It's sort of like the difference between Foster care and Orphanage. Trysha (talk) 03:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

The following is an incorrect statement: "Rescue groups place all their rescues into foster homes as they do not have shelter facilities." Many rescue groups do have facilities and make use of both the facility and foster homes. And the facilities are not always kennels. Some facilities have 'home like' rooms that house the animals.

cat behind bars photo
I remove the 'cat behind bars' photo from the rescue group article as this gives the wrong impression. Rescue groups rarely if ever keep pets in cages like that. Animals are kept in a rescue group's foster homes are kept treated like household pets (although, they may be segregated) via baby gates and the like - Trysha (talk) 04:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

That makes sense; I wasn't aware of the distinction. I thought a rescue group made every effort to place the animals in foster homes, but kennel the animals while they're waiting to be placed?

If it would be more helpful, I have some photos of cats and dogs both who "have been rescued" and are normal household pets. Unless there's an objection, I'd like to upload one of those and put it on the Rescue Group page; I'm an animal lover, and want to help make it clear that it isn't just abandoned pit bulls that wind up in places like these, and that adopting a rescue animal can be as rewarding for the person as for the animal.

--ForrestCroce 18:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I added in an external link to a forum that discusses parrot/bird adoption - and at times adoption of other animals. (See "Forum and site discussing parrot rescue and adoption.") There is an extensive listing of parrot rescues on this forum. I wanted to make sure it was okay, and this is my first "talk" so I hope I'm doing this right.

HelloBaby 21:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedic Style
This article is full of style elements that abolutely do not belong into an encyclopedia in the present form. Some examples include "new, caring homes", "training, loving, playing", "Kirby is now about 15 years old and going strong. Like Kirby, all rescued pets are special.", "there may be a number of different things you can do to make the transition from life at a rescue group to a home much easier." Also, the present image is unnecessary IMO, and the link section mentions some rather irrelevant groups. --84.74.135.177 22:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Changed article accordingly; removed NPOV and Style tags. --84.74.135.177 22:44, 10 May 2007 (UTC)